We had a good turn out and a really useful discussion about Street Watch at the annual parish meeting last night. Streetwatch is active and flourishing in Marston and one of its coordinators there, Jean Ellis gave us the heads up on how it works. its obviously about members of the public, properly vetted and recruited by the police and identifiable, 'patrolling' as it were. However, its not just about crime but also spotting rubbish build-ups, public structures that need repair and so on. You commit to at least 2 hours a month and it doesn't involve going on a drugs bust at 11 pm. In fact its mostly day time. There are evening patrols but those are accompanied by the police or PCSO.
Something the Parish Council and the village is going to have look at closely. We've had straws in the wind that even the police cover we have at the moment is likely to thin in months to come.
Something the Parish Council and the village is going to have look at closely. We've had straws in the wind that even the police cover we have at the moment is likely to thin in months to come.
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